Mind of my Stroked Brain

"The Queen is dead, long live the King" is all I have seen on every news channel from world over today. I might be wrong, but I think the English were the most successful of colonial rulers the world over. Yes, there were many others - Spanish/ French/ Dutch etc., but I think the English were the most successful. Colonial rule has dwindled very much and very very few territories left over. Territorially speaking, the writing is on the wall. However, have the colonies really ended! I have a nurse currently, who is the silent/ quiet type. She is one of the sharp/ smart nurses I have had. She speaks and is comfortable in Hindi and her local language. She speaks and understands little English. When I have to explain something, we chat in Hindi. I often wonder though - when did she become the silent type. Has she been seen as "not smart enough" because she struggled with understanding/ conveying things to others and it has been hammered in regularly. It may not be very o...

So, this is on a very interesting note.... I have for the past sometime, observed the malayalam accent (at close quarters) 😊 Even if folks know english (or any other language) well, the accent is so prevalent no matter.. So my conclusion is as follows: What we think as accent change is not accent change at all. They replace few syllables with other equivalents , and i think they do it because those sounds or syllables dont exist in the malayalam alphabet ( their equivalent of swaras and vynjanas). It's like the Japanese. Their alphabet doesnt have the sound "LA" (ಲ) so they replace it with "RA" (ರ) . So something like 'low' becomes 'row'. Similarly i feel these are the 4 main transformations that happens (there could be more, but i feel these are main) 1. 'TA' (ತ/ಟ) gets replaced by 'DA' (ಡ) 2. 'NA' (ನ) gets replaced by 'NA' (ಣ) 3 'LA' (ಲ) gets replaced by 'LA' (ಳ) 4. 'O'/ 'OH' (ಒ)...